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DIAMOND OFFSHORE MANAGEMENT CO. v. GUIDRY

No. 02-0884.

171 S.W.3d 840 (2005)

DIAMOND OFFSHORE MANAGEMENT CO., Petitioner, v. Lela GUIDRY, Individually and a/n/f of Hunter Guidry and as Independent Administratrix of the Estate of Craig Guidry, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Rose, Mark Freeman, Stevens Baldo & Freeman, L.L.P., Beaumont, Jacqueline M. Stroh, Crofts & Callaway, P.C., San Antonio, for petitioner.

Brent W. Coon, Brent Coon & Associates, Houston, David P. Wilson, Andrew Cowan, Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

In this wrongful death action under the Jones Act,1 the trial court rendered judgment on a verdict for the plaintiff of a deceased seaman, killed ashore when he was thrown from the bed of a pickup in a one-vehicle accident. A divided court of appeals affirmed.2 Petitioner, the decedent's employer, complains that there is no evidence that at the time of the accident the decedent was "in the course...

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